Heavy shelling returns to eastern Ukraine Photo: Gennady Dubovoy / RIA Novosti / Scanpix All day on June 3, the Ukrainian Army and separatists battled for the town of Marinka in the Donetsk Region. In violation of the Minsk Agreements, both sides used heavy artillery. Civilians were among those injured in the fighting. Both sides blame each other for the escalation. For now, Marinka remains under the control of the Ukrainian Army.

Frame: VOX / YouTube Everyone who tried to pull out the toy from the “grip” machine, knows that doing it is much more difficult than it seems. VOX explains that the point here is not in the ability of players, but in the machines themselves - they are initially tuned to deception. The publication studied the instructions for one of these machines and found that the “paw” of the manipulator was programmed so as to only sometimes compress toys in full force.

Andreas Anshlag, convicted in Germany for spying for Russian intelligence, was released from prison in Butzbach (Hesse) and deported to Russia. Full house was released early: he was detained in 2011 and subsequently sentenced to 6.5 years in prison. The representative of the German federal prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe confirmed the information about the deportation of the convict (in German).

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that the staff of the Committee against Torture "deliberately provoked the incident, with the goal of once again becoming famous in the world press, to become owners of new American grants." Probably, we are talking about a pogrom in the office of human rights activists, which was staged by unknown persons on the afternoon of June 3.

Rosselkhoznadzor banned the supply of fish products from Latvia and Estonia. The agency has filed claims about the safety of these products. During a recent inspection, five fish processing plants were inspected in Latvia and four in Estonia. Basically, we are talking about the producers of sprats. “The inspectors were deeply concerned about what they saw,” said Ivan Ponomarev, deputy head of the department for inspection work of the Rosselkhoznadzor.

In eastern Ukraine - again battles using heavy weapons Photo: Gennady Dubova / RIA Novosti / Scanpix All day on June 3, the Ukrainian army and separatists fought outside the city of Maryinka in the Donetsk region. Violating the Minsk agreements, the parties used heavy weapons; As a result of the battles, civilians suffered. In exacerbation of the situation, the parties blame each other. While Maryinka is under the control of the Ukrainian army.

The fighting near the city of Marinka in the Donetsk region has been stopped. This was announced by an officer of the 28th separate mechanized brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine Pavlo Melchenko. According to him, the offensive of the separatists was stopped after reserves and artillery were brought up to Maryinka.

Reuters, citing a source, said the FBI would check how Russia and Qatar were chosen to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. This will be part of an FBI investigation into senior FIFA officials. Among other things, the FBI is checking how Joseph Blatter ran FIFA. (English.) Yahoo News On May 27, the US Department of Justice announced an investigation into FIFA corruption. At the request of the United States, seven people were arrested in Zurich.

Frame: Joseph Ann / YouTube The photographer Michael Joseph of Los Angeles decided to make a surprise to his girlfriend Anna and made her an offer with the help of food from McDonald's. Joseph persuaded the restaurant employees, and at the right time they issued a “special” order - a sandwich lay in a package with food, from which the ring stuck.

The head coach of the Russian national football team, Fabio Capello, has decided to sue the former head of the Russian Football Union, Nikolai Tolstykh. Capello was dissatisfied with the statement of Tolstoy, who claimed that the coach, in addition to his official salary, receives another 10 million euros a year. “We found the answer why Capello himself did not complain about salary arrears until a certain point.

Speaker Valentina Matviyenko has warned that the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, might soon call an emergency session. Last year in March, ahead of the absorption of Crimea, it was at such an emergency session that lawmakers granted President Vladimir Putin permission to deploy Russian troops abroad.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak said that the Ukrainian army repulsed the assault on the city of Marinka near Donetsk, which was undertaken by the armed formations of the separatists. According to the minister, seven Ukrainian servicemen were wounded in the fighting. Oleksandr Poronyuk, head of the press center of the military operation in Donbass , said in turn that the firefight continues in Maryinka, but the massive assault on the city has been stopped.

Image: ReptiloidTV / YouTube An exorcism has taken place at a Moldovan Orthodox church in Transnistria, and a witness captured the entire spectacle in living color. In the video, a priest literally rides a man said to be “possessed,” and later stomps on his back. Throughout the ritual, the man screams out in pain and begs for help, as a crowd of spectators crack jokes. The “possessed” man asks to carry the priest in his arms, rather than on his back, but the request is denied.

Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko warned about the possible convening of an emergency meeting of the upper house of parliament. “I do not rule out that there will be a need to hold an additional, extraordinary meeting of the Federation Council, so I ask you not to be far away and stay in touch. If such a decision is made, we will inform you in a timely manner,” Matviyenko told the senators.

The euro exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange has overcome the mark of 61 rubles. As of 17:40 Moscow time, 61.09 rubles were given for the European currency. Compared to the close of the previous trading session, the euro has risen in price by almost 2 rubles. Above 61 rubles, the euro was last traded on the Moscow Exchange on April 3. The ruble is also falling against the dollar.